Understand
Port Orchard's identity is anchored in its connections to the past. Originally a booming lumber town called Sidney, Port Orchard became Kitsap County’s first incorporated city in 1890. It wooed the county seat away from Port Madison on Bainbridge Island in 1893 and remains the center of county government.
The city is located just south of Bremerton across the Sinclair Inlet. The passenger-only ferry, known as the "foot ferry", links the two cities.
Downtown Port Orchard offers a variety of shopping including antiques, gifts and crafts, and a variety of dining options.
Arriving by water, you'll find a large public marina making Port Orchard a favored boating destination. Marina Park, with its boardwalk and covered gazebo, offers beach access and is the site of the summer outdoor Farmer's Market.
Get around
Kitsap Transit or Walk or Car or Bike or Emu
See
Do
A lot of people go to Rock 'n' Bowl @ Hi-Joy Bowl on Friday and Saturday. Really not much else..
Buy
You can get overpriced computer equipment or pawn shop items.
Or the formerly known "South Kitsap Mall" has some nice places.
Eat
Puerto Vallerta or The Corner Deli
Drink
A couple bars Downtown
Sleep
Umm Days Inn by Bay Ford
Port Orchard, part of Washington state's Puget Sound, is the strait that separates Bainbridge Island on the east from the Kitsap Peninsula on the west. It extends from Liberty Bay and Agate Pass in the north to Sinclair Inlet and Rich Passage in the south. It was named by George Vancouver after Harry Masterman Orchard, ship's clerk of Vancouver's ship Discovery.
The city of Port Orchard is named after the waterbody.
